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Obadiah עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ
Obadiah was a palace administrator under King Ahab who feared the Lord and protected a hundred prophets during Jezebel's persecution.
Where Obadiah appears
1 Kings (6)
Key verses
- 1 Kings 18:3 first mention — And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
- 1 Kings 18:4 — For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- 1 Kings 18:5 — And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
- 1 Kings 18:6 — So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
- 1 Kings 18:7 — And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
- 1 Kings 18:16 — So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.